Bar feed mechanism



H. V. PACKER VBAR FEED MECHANISM Aug. 8, 1950 Fiied oct. 14,' 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet` 1 JAH/ENTOR.` Harry T/ Pqcker y TT WM H. V. PACKER BAR FEED MECHANISM Agg. s, 195o 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 14, 1944 v INVENToR. Harfry VJ Packer ATTOR Patented 'u'g. 8, 1950 BAR FEEDl MECHANISM Harry V. Packer, East Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Oster Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application october' 14, 1944, serial No. 558,758 3 claims. (C1. 29-61) This invention relates to an improved device for imparting endwise feeding movements to bar stock to progressively advance stock for machining operations in a lathe or the like.

The invention has for its object to provide a feed mechanism by which the lathe operator may impart the desired amount of feed movement tothe rotating bar stock at any time desired by means of an actuating lever.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a mechanism by which ai'bar of any length may be fed into the machine without resetting or adjusting any part of the feed mechanism or parts associated with the feed mechanism.

The feed mechanism of the present invention ,i

is of the type in which the actuator for advancing the bar stock is connected to the stock grippers to apply the grippers to the stock at the beginning of the forward stroke of the actuator, and has for its object to provide a simple means for quickly and easily adjusting the grippers to bar stock of different sizes so as to reduce the lost motion in the actuating mechanism due to the actuation of the gripping jaws.

With the above and, other objects in View, the invention may be said to comprise the feed mechansm as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, hereinafter described and particularly set forth in appended claims, together with such variations and modifications thereof as will be apparent to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which: l

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a feed mechanism embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section through the bar stock feeding slide;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line indicated at 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line indicated at -4-4 in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a section through one end of the gripper carrying sleeve, showing the guide bushing which may be used with bar stock of small diameter.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is shown applied to the feedingV of bar stock indicated by the reference character A, through the head I of a lathe, the stock being supported rearwardly of the head I by a standard 2 which has a stock guide portion 3 at its upper end. The standard 2 also provides a support for the rear ends of guide rods 4 and i which are 2 attached at their forward ends to the head I.

lThe guide rods -4 and 5 support a stock feeding slide 6 that has bearing portions 'I at the ends lthereof that have a sliding fit on the upper-guide "rod 4.

ent positions of adjustment on the guide rods 4 Vand 5, the forward guide portion I carries a brake I2 that is pressed against the guide rod 4 by vmeans of a spring I3 that is interposed between the brake I2 and the arm I0. The brake I2l exerts sufficient frictional resistance to movement of the slide on the guide rod 4 to hold the slide in adjusted position on the rod except when positively actuated.

The front and rear rings 8 and v9 support .a cylindrical cover I4 formed of sheet metal and covering the top and sides of the head. A bar vstock receiving sleeve I5 is rotatably mounted in the head centrally of the rings 8 and 9, the forward end of the sleeve being supported by ball bearing-I6 mounted in the'ring 8 and the rear end of 'the sleeve being supported by ball bearing I'l carried by a head I8 secured by means of attaching bolts I9 to the rear ring 9 of the slide. The forward ball bearing I6 is protected by a guard 20 attached to the ring 8 by means of screws 2|, the guard 20 being provided with a lubricating tting 22 through which lubricant may be forced into the bearing. The head I8 at the rear end of the slide forms a guard for the rear bearing Il and is provided with a lubricating fitting 23 through which lubricant may be supplied to the bearing I'I.v

The sleeve I5 is an open ended sleeve through .which the bar stock A may be passed and its ball bearing support permits the sleeve to rotate freely with the bar stock. The sleeve is provided adjacent the forward end of the head, with di- 'ametrically opposite longitudinal slots 24 which groove 32 that receives rollers 33 on the upper end of yoke arms 34 that form the upper end of a lever 35. The lever 35 is pivoted at its lower end to a, bracket 36 that is secured in adjusted position on the guide rod by means of screws 31. The lever 35 is actuated by means of a con-y necting rod 38 that is received at its rear end in a slot 39 at the crotch of the arms 34' and is con nected to the lever by means of a pin 49 extending across the slot 39 and through a longitudinal slot 4I in the rod 38. The forward end of the connecting rod 38 is pivotally connected by a short arm 42 with an actuating lever 43. When the lever 43 is moved forwardly, the lever 35 is also swung in a forward direction, causing the collar 3| to slide forwardly on the sleeve I5 to move the jaws 25 into gripping engagement with the bar stock A. An efficient grip on the bar stock is insured by the leverage on the jaws, and by reason of the fact that the forward movement Aof the slide 6 is impeded by the brake I2 so that before the slide 5 begins to move forwardly, the bar stock is firmly gripped and will move with the slide. The lathe operator by actuation of the lever 43, can at any time move the bar stock forwardly as much as desired.

In order to limit the lost `motion between the lever 43 and the slide` 5, means is provided for adjusting the jaws 25 to the particular bar stock being fed. The adjusting device is in the form of a'v stop screw 44, parallel with the sleeve. I5 that is-threaded in the rear head I8 and heldin adjusted position by means of a lock nutv 45. vThe stop screw 44 is in the path of movement of the` collar 3l and limits the rearward movement of thefcollar in the head. By adjusting the screw ,4'4 forwardly, the releasing movement of the jaws 25Y may beY limited so that the jaws 25 will move only enough to free themselves from the bar stock. Whatever the diameter of the stock, thegripping jaws 25 may be adjusted for a very small angular movement into and outV of engagegagement withV the bar, so that the. jaws will grip the bar immediately upon forwardy movement of the actuating lever.

.Itis to be understood that variations and modifications of the specific device herein shown 'and described for purposes of illustration, may

be made. without departingA from the spirit o the invention.

WhatI claim. is:

1. A bar stock feeding mechanism comprising a support, a slide mounted for linear movement on said support, a bar. receiving, sleeve rotatably mounted in the slide for movement therewith and extending. in the directionof .movement of the slide, bar gripping jaws connected to the sleeve atv circuinferentially spaced pointsv by transverse pivots and having bar enf Number gaging cam faces inwardly of the pivots, a collar slidable axially on said sleeve, a link connected to each jaw outwardly of its pivot and to said collar, and a lever pivoted to the support and engaging said collar to apply axial thrusts in either direction thereto to actuate the jaws and shift the slide.

2.- A bar stock feeding mechanism comprising a' support, -a slide mounted for linear movement on said support, a bar receiving sleeve rotatably mounted in the slide for movement therewith and extending in the direction of movement of the slide, bar gripping jaws connected to the sleeve by transverse pivots and having bal` engaging cam faces inwardly of the pivots, a collar slidable axially on said sleeve, means for applying axial thrusts to said collar in either direction, a link connecting each jaw to said collar for applying a clamping thrust to each jaw and an axial thrust through the jaws and sleeve to said slide upon movement of the collar in one direction,l an axially adjustable stop carried by said slide in the' path of movement of said collar to limit its axialmovement on the sleeve in the opposite direction.

3. A bar stock lfeeding mechanism comprising a support, a housing mounted for linear movement on said support, said housing having end walls with bearings therein alined in the direction of movement of the housing. a bar receiving sleeve within the housing journaled at its ends in said bearings, said sleeve having circumferentially spaced slots adjacent one end of the housing, a collar carriedby the sleeve between the said slotsiand the' oppositeV end of the housingv and slidable axially on said sleeve, means for applying axial thrusts toA said collar, clamp'- ing jaws pivoted to. said sleeve andV movable radially in said slots, actuating links pvoted to said jaws and saidV collar for applying a clamping' thrust to said jaws and an axial thrust through the jaws-to the housingy upon movement of the collar towardsaid jaws, and an axially adjustable stop carried by the housing for limiting the axial movement of the collar away from theA jaws.v

HARRY V. PACKER.

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